Boots



@gina taten garant @fitta ANDREW '.LMOORE, SAMUEL BLEISTEIN, ANDSAMUELS. SHIRK, OE LEB- ANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

' Letters raient N5. 79,676, ma July v 186s'.

I-MPEOVED METHGD `OE GUTTING- BOOTS.

TO ALL WHOM rr MAY CONOERN: n' l e it known vthat we, ANDREW J. MOORE,SAMUEL BLErsrEIN, and SAMUEL S.SH1nn,of Lebanon, inthe county ofLebanon, and State. of Pennsylvania,have invented'a new and improvedMethod of Cutting Boots and we do hereby deelarethatv the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, makinga part of this-specification, in which-Figure 1 is a View of the upper side of the improved pattern.

Figure 2 shows the shape of the leather `when out and ready to be madeup.

Figure is a side view of a boot made up by my improved method.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin theseveraltigures.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of markingxout andcutting the uppers and legs of boots, whereby an adjustablepattern canbe employed, having ma'rked permanently upon it scales cfgures,corresponding to the several measures .required to be taken to tla boottogthe foot, so that, for any given measure, the pattern 'eanbeadjusted. and set, rand, when so set, it will give the required size andshape for marking off and cutting, from onepieoe ot leather or othermaterial, the entire upper and leg of a -boot in one piece, asuwill behereinafter described. p 4

To enable others skilled inA the` art to understand our invention, wewill describe its construction and operation.

- One of the objects of our invention is to 'so.shape a piece ofleather, orV other material suitable for making the upper and leg cfaboot, then whensuch piece is folded, as will be hereinafter shown, itwill form the entire' upper and leg of a boot, thus requiring llessstitching, rand-affording greater strength and durability, becausetherewill be very few seams to give out. Another Object of onr invention'V isto'provide a pattern, which can be readily adjusted,`to'give therequired shape and size for draughting and cutting theA entire upper andleg of a boot of one piece of material. l i' i V' A Intheacco'mpanyingdrawings, iig. 1 represents the pattern, by means Ofrwhiohthe work is marked out. This pattern consists of thin plates ofimetaloriother material, properly shaped and put together, so as to servecollectivelyas a guide to' a pencil or knife, in marking or cuttingputAthe work. The parts A and C are'united to a imclcplate,` B,I by means ofpins passing through oblong slots, as shown, one o`f which .pins isscrew-cut,

i and provided with a. thumbscrew, a, by means oi' which the two platesAand Cfc'an be adjusted and set forxany required size of the frontpartof the -leg and instep-s`eam, as shown at V V1, in iig.-2.

lrhe plates C, H, I, D, and E 'are also united by pins ,passing lthroughoblong slots, and provided with a clamping-nut, b, by means of whichthese several plates can be secured rigidly together when adjusted,forgiving' the required size of, the back portion V2 df the leg.` Theplates J J, K K, LF, and S are attached to the front extension of theplate D, and adapted for giving the required size andshape of thefrontportion T. orf theuppcr. y I y v V-These plates last named, withasmall plate, G, are suitably slottedpas shown, and provided withvahadjusting-serewnut, c. i i V I It `will be seen, by reference to thedrawing, fig. 1, that the several plates are so connected together that,when the nuts a, b, and c are loosened,the pattern can be made largerorsinaller, in every direction, by adjusting the several plates; and, byprvidingthe back plates, B, E, and S, and also the front plates, J J,with properly-graduated scales, any given size and shape of patterncanbe made.

In taking a measure oi' the foot, the 'first' measure is .around .theheel and-instep, as indicatedby red line a: :vin iig. 3. This measurecorresponds to the parts crossed by redline a: :v in fig. 2, and will beindicatedby the figureswhieh are expo/sed upon pla'tes B and E.

l The nextmeasures are atxY Y, Z Z, iigf, and indicated in igfl by redlines Y Y, Z These measures are indicated uponl'theplates J, J, and-Sbythe figures and graduated marks thereon.

Fig. 2 s'intended to represent the shape of a.' piece ofleather, cut bythe pattern, before this piece is folded; and the dotted lines on thispiece indicatethe cre-ases or points where it is to be folded.

The parts V, V, and T are brought together -by folding said piece' ofleather so that there will be a seam extendingr down one side ofthe legofthe boot, and intersecting another seam, which extends around theinstep to the opposite side ofthe boot, and which terminates at a, shortsenin, which extends down to the lower 'edge of the upper or the solo ofthe boot. i

It will be seen that a piece, T', is formed at the centre of the upper,T, which piece covers the seam formed by uniting the lower frontedge ofthe leg-portion to. theupper, and not only makes a. nent finish, but itstrengthens the seam ct this point.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The pattern, composed of the several parts herein shown, said partsbeing constructed, and arranged, and operating as herein described, forproducing the upper and leg of a. boot in the form shown in fig. 2 oftlc drawings, or in an equivalent form, as set forth.

2. The piece G, in combination with the pieces D Fof thepattern,substantially as described.

3. A boot-uppernnd leg, T T', V V1 V2, made in one piece,.produced asdescribed.

ANDREW J.' MOORE,

SAMUEL BLEISTEIN, SAMUEL S. SHIRK.

Witnesses:

' Jos. L. LEMBERGER,

ToBrAS REINocnn, Jr.

